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Abstract #1587

A dedicated RF coil design for 31P MRS in the occipital lobe at 3T

Qingyun Liu1, Xiaoxiao Wang1, Yong Zhang2, Qing Zhang1, Xueyan Song1, Kecheng Yuan1, Yufu Zhou3, and Bensheng Qiu1
1Medical Imaging Center, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China, 2GE Healthcare, Shanghai, China, 3Anhui Fuqing Medical Equipment Co., Ltd., Hefei, Anhui, China

Synopsis

Keywords: Non-Array RF Coils, Antennas & Waveguides, RF Arrays & Systems

Motivation: The occipital lobe is the site of a variety of brain diseases. 31P MRS can noninvasively detect the metabolites to monitor and diagnose related diseases timely.

Goal(s): To collect 31P MRS signals in the occipital lobe at 3T, the dedicated RF coil setup is designed as a double-channel transceiver integrated surface coil.

Approach: The coil was designed as a "pillow” and verified by finite element simulation, physical production, bench tests and phantom experiments.

Results: The coil showed good uniformity and strong magnetic field intensity at the imaging region. Scanning with phantom, the spectral lines had a smooth baseline, high peaks, and excellent SNR.

Impact: we propose a transceiver and transmitter integrated surface coil for 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the occipital lobe, which provides an excellent signal-to-noise ratio for excitation and acquisition of 31P spectral signals at 3T.

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